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The top 10 movie heroines
2. Clarice Starling ('Silence of the Lambs')
Fighting off Anthony Hopkins' screen-hogging slithering as Dr Lector, Jodie Foster's performance as FBI rookie Clarice Starling is a masterpiece of understatement. Quietly afraid yet confidently methodical, Starling may need a criminal's help to get the job done but her determination never falters - even when she's in way over her head.
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